Sign



45 Fig Patented Mar. 15, 1927.

UNITE- 195: PATENT? ALFREU-H-HUMFHRTEY, 01 sAr-JEM; YORKL Mjiinxrention relates to a sign adapted tor use in va-riolislsituations such as at stores and the invention relates particularly 'to' a 5 Sign, gisua llynvertically',disposed and adapted toubeilluihinatecl at oppo site sides."

The -ge 1 er2vl. objectof myinvention is to provide 1 a StIlICtHI B) embeclying; separate ,units; eachlunit including a casingl.-andr indi- *viduailiilliiii rlinating means theref0r"..

ObjectsQalsb. of my. invention are to .pre-

, videiarsigh, in Whieha'largemumber,oiirnimn nits may {'b incorpqnated to' facilitate ancl economize in the manufia'ct-ure. an'd' 'a'ssernhlelg'e; to provide an arrangement Of the units 1n amamnerto form space fortheieonductorrlwlres.ofgelectr c lamps as Well as:t0

afl ord-paee foriconvenienceinmaintenanee J.

ofthe-Isigm "and. for: incorporatingand" re- :newing the lamps or repairing the cendubtor wire'sytoi provide .a form and arrang ment ofunits making for compaletness inthe structure :tof provide a (structur in. which the-tinitsi-aresupported: a framework per- 1mitting either fac'e .of. the sign having the letters or s'ymhelsto b'e removed Whenever desired,: leanginggrthel assembled: l iIlltS intact;

I ands-t0 prpvide thelzfremework with a]. c0nveniexitiarrangement' of-la'dder members.

l Themannenandmeans-wherebyithQabdve end other objeets' are .z ttained .Will 'fclearly appeeiuas the desc'gript ion proceeds; ,l t

Referenceuisito be had'to the acoompiny 4 ing: drawings fq rmingzavpart of .thislspecifieationg it:being.elmclerstoed.thzitnthe drawingsl are merely illiistrative of bnelexzimple of the. inventioml Figurerliislg, Side elevation of sig ryem- I bo%l ying my invention;

I indieatecl by the line 2 2, Figure'l v. v,

Figlrre 3.1'ge .reanuviewref; thegsign with I suppgrtinzg brracket armeinlxerticel- 'section as-ilidicited by therlilie 3i-",l3',-;Figiggei1511; v

e'iis; a. hcirizontal; sectionrontheliiie E gi ifi 1; t. i

l Figiire 1. 5. is 4t heriz'ontal section .on v the line';e5,TEi g1ire:1; l l

. f5oi ishdwi'r'ig parts'nfg thelhasingg ofgtwo (adjae2 1s .a xertlcalz-s eetion .inmL-plane Figiire'-'8"is-i pers peejtir erie'w of One ef the letters, 'th'e -view beinggiyen tofillustrate the" erfor'ations at the sides. Of letrterj a sfwel as at thewfacethereof; 'Fi'gure. 9 is" an elevation, with" parts brokenfout, ofthe'diffuing"means;j I. I Fi-llrelm isj a hjdr'i-zbnta'l' section through one :Qfithe letters -ilh'istrating j th'e empl'gyment 0f one arrangement I for; roducingya- I :r-ied color effbts-in theTlette'rsg," I

E ur e ll'l'is a 'eW siniilai tOfFigriiel O 'I but 5 lwihg an alternative "meth''d "6f f-f roducing color effects. I V I In. carrying out my, in ention '-'-in 1 acc0rd-' I ance' Withfthe illustrated example aa frtunew Work is previfde'd"includifig'irbiit bztrs' 15 extending'firbm' sideito side "and. frear bzirs; 16. The rear" bars ;are' meuntel in thf0rm SllQWfi'UIl bracket arms" 17;eidatjtemito be secured to a building I front, fofexeinple, or other: suppert" conventionallyindicated 'zltLA.

The .fro'nt 18" 0fv thefsign is -dispgis'edftin front of" the iframejbeir's 15"i3oncea5li1i'g the same Thereanbatirsflfii Eire 'expqse'd'iand vertiea'llyfalohgth"bziekoftheg sign ferzrenewmg" the '1 lamps hereinafter referredrto I or making repairs"orthezlikez I I ated and providedrwith itlreiilegends; the Sign A shewnihavingi'at pne,- side the letters making up f the Word""Steti0I 1"ery; The letters" pr eymbols at the "opposite side ef-th-sigr ,frdm the 0rd"Sta ti 0neryf-'" Ih'2ry be of 'any' des'ired characters" Eachside' hajsf a fa'ee plate-191m I which fi s fermed'lraised letters'i20'fperfoitated employedi 1 cured with one flange of the angle iron deadj acent vertical series.

sheet metal serves the purpose.

220 the same as letters and 120 and for color effects, parallel color strips 221 are employed having one or more colors.

The frame supports two vertlcal series of and aflording clearance for installation and repairs. One series of units 22 is'completed by the top and bottom units 122 thereof being made smaller than the main series of units 22. The numeral 27 indi cates lamp sockets.

In Figure 3 it will be seen that each unit 22 and 122 has a door 2 8affording access to the lamps for placing and renewing the same.

7 vThe single lamp 23 centrally located serves to illuminate I the flaring casings of each unit 22 or 122. 'In order that a given centrally located lamp in a particular unit 22 or 122 may not glare when viewed through a letter directly in front of the lamp, I provide a diffusing medium, designated generally by the numeral 29. 'Each diffusing unit 29 comprises a frame 130 usually of back and front wire mesh coverings 30 and an intermediatesheet 31 oftranspicuous material such as a sheet of woven fabric,.paper, or celluloid, preferably woven fabric. The diffusing medium thus convstructed embodies strength and is effective for the purpose of diffusion. A diffusing medium 29 is employed extending over whatever area may be necessary to eflect' two purposes, that is to say, to prevent the light being dlrectly viewed with the incident glare through the perforations of a given letter, and secondly, by diffusing the light directly in front of the lamp and therefore Wherethe lightis strongest the illumination is equalized ata letter directly in front of H the lamp or close to the location of the lamp and the letters more remote from the lamp.

The casings of the units 22 and 122are of such a character as to provide a reflecting surface at thefront; In practice, enameled The preferred'mode of. connecting the reflector casings 22 and 122 of each illuminating unit is heldto the bars 15 and 16, as follows: To each bar 15and 16, an angle iron 32 is seflected laterally outward. .On the reflector :casing of each unit is similarly secured a vertical angle iron 33; Thus, the angle irons 33 are disposed directly inside of the angle irons 32 and the laterally deflected flanges of the adjacent angle irons 32, 33 lie in close The relation as clearly seen in Figure 5.

face plate 19 has rigid therewith a U-shaped edge member 34 at each side edge to embrace the laterally directed flanges of the respective angle irons 32, 33. The arrangement is such thatthe face plate 19 carrying the letters 20 and having the edge members 3 1 may be slid vertically to permit of a particular legend being incorporated in the sign or to afford access to the interior of the respective series of units. I

The diffusion units 29 are secured to the backs of the face plates 19 by any suitable means such, for example, as soldering. Referring particularly to Figure 6, it will be observed that theadjacent ends of units 22 of any vertical series are united to assist in producing rigidity in the structure and to coordinate the successive vertically disposed units in the series. For the purpose, use is made in the illustrated example of angle irons 35 at the edge of each flaring unit 22. Flanges of said angle irons 35 are disposed vertically toward each other and adjacent the plane of a face plate 19. The

vertically disposed flanges of said angle irons 35are secured to the adjacent bars 15,"

16, respectively,-of the framework and materially contribute to the completion of the framework and the strengthening thereof.

In practice spot-welding is usually utilized v as the means to secure the angle irons35 to the frame bars 15, 16.

It is explained other characters employed, raised and perthat with the letters for forat'ed as described, the illumination of the.

letters is greatly promoted and the visibility very markedly increased.

I would state furthermore that while the illustrated example constitutes a practical embodiment of my invention, I do not limit myself strictly to the exact details herein il-' lustrated, since, manifestly, the same can be considerably varied without departure from the spirit of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I

.claim 1. A sign including two series of casings flaring outwardly and an electric lamp in each casing, the two series of casings being disposed back to back and in, staggered relation and spaced to form a sinuous duct therebetween', and conductor wires disposed in said duct and connected with saidlamp;

. 2. A sign of the class described including a framework having transverse bars at the back and front, face plates at the sides, flaring units each having at the front thereof a plurality of symbols, and means securing saidkunits to said cross bars of the framewor plates, and means slidably connecting said,

units with said face plates.

4:. A sign includinga frame, a series of flaring units connected with said frame, lamps to illuminate said units, a front adapted to be illuminated by said lamps and bearing symbols adapted to emit light, and a diffusing medium in front of each lamp, each diffusing medium comprising back and front layers of Wire mesh and an intermediate sheet of diffusing material.

at the sides of the frame and bearing symbols, series of illuminating units for said face plates, means connecting the several units with said frame, members on said face plates at the side edges, and members respectively on the frame and on the units engageable by said edge members of the face plates.

ALFRED H. HUMPHREY.

g 15 i 5. A sign including a frame, face plates 7 

